![]() ![]() "I've done my time as a lounge lizard."ĭoes Dee realize the lounge sound is very popular with young martini-swilling, Sinatra-quoting neo-swingers these days? That young kids today, too, are looking for a ring-a-ding time? But Dee says he'd like to play the local circuit again. "It's dynamite, isn't it?"Ī 22-city concert tour for the Hammond Organ company is keeping him busy, and he's got a gig in January on the Royal Cruise Line. Top of the line."ĭee is also celebrating the British release of his new double album Golden Organ Memories, which features Dee's interpretations of standards such as Girl From Ipanema, Moon River and Rhapsody In Blue. "A gift from God." Fans guffaw at the jokes, which border on the risque. How could he not? The humor, he says, comes naturally. "But what a classy guy."ĭee still cracks jokes during his act. "I used to call him the Dick Clark of the Stone Age," Dee says of Welk. He remembers friends like Lawrence Welk dropping by the restaurant. Well, the dinner club's closed, but Dee's still here. MusicHound's entry finishes: "Dee was last seen running a restaurant in St. Later, instrumental versions of Leo Sayer dance tunes. It lists Dee's many accomplishments: more than 50 albums on the Decca/MCA label with titles like Dee-Lightful, Dee-Lirious, Dee-Most! The smash hit Plantation Boogie in 1955. Martins, $24.95) a book celebrating "Album Art from the Space Age." It features vintage album covers by after-dinner music greats such as Juan Garcia Esquivel, Yma Sumac and Henry Mancini.Ĭheck out MusicHound's Lounge: The Essential Music Guide. Check out the recently published Exotiquarium (St. Now Dee is eager to get back to playing gigs on his beloved Hammond B 3000, the one he almost sold through a classified ad.įor those not up on lounge music, Dee is The King. Depressed, hospitalized and medicated, Dee says he found God. He had lost about a million bucks through bad investments. "Comes with the territory." Two years ago, Dee says, he was at an especially low point. "I'm an 18-karat manic depressive," Dee says, his voice a gravelly, two-pack-a-day baritone. ![]()
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